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- The Dead Donkey and the Raffle
A city boy,
Kenny, once moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for
$100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.
The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the
donkey died." Kenny replied, "Well then, just give me my money
back." The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it
already."
Kenny said, "OK then, just unload the donkey." The farmer asked, "What
are you going to do with him? He is already dead." Kenny said, "I'm going to raffle
him off." Farmer, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
Kenny, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he is
dead."
A month later the farmer met up with Kenny and asked, "What happened with that dead
donkey?" Kenny, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two
dollars a piece and made a profit of $898.00."
Farmer, "Didn't anyone complain?" Kenny, " Just the guy who won. So I
gave him his two dollars back."
Kenny grew up
and eventually became the chairman of Enron...
[People
that can make money out of dead things, what to say about them making money
from live things?]
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